The Sun. — London, England, 1838-08-02 00:00:00

sc such mighty results.—(Cr;es of Hear.") I do not promise it from anv foolish affectafon of talent T .: _energy, but becaues this mighty Eng'ish nation is nw aroused, and we must ba successful. I promise it because there are good men on earth, and because there is a Cod in Heaven. The Hon. and Learned Genleman enncludiA amid loud and general cheering. Mr. CONDOR seconded the resolution in a very apprc priate address. The can d e l a b rum w l ' i c h bad been displayed in the morn ing was again exhibited to the meeting, and Mr. Sturge cx- Alined the object of this magnificent emblem of the grati tude of the negro apprentices of Jamaica. Mr. HAwEs, M.P. came forward to move the next re solution. He would not trespass at any length upon their time_ afte r th e very e l oquent a dd resses they ha d j ust h ear d. H e had intended to have been merely an auditor of their interesting proceedings that day, but having been always a • strenuous advocate of the emancipation of the negroes lie could not refuse to take a more prominent part in the proceedings when called upon.—( Hear, hear.) 11 0 saw no grounds fur despondency now that they had witnessed so great a triumph. Whatever might be the Part taken by the Americans in the slave-trade, he could not forget that one of the mast active and zealous of their friends had been the Rev. Dr. Channing.—(Cheers.) He felt great pride in being permitted to participate in the Joyous proceedings of the day, and regretted that he could In inadequately discharge the duty thus imposed upon him. The resolution was one which called forth his d 6 epest sympathies, and he trusted that when public opi nion, which had already effected such great things, was suf ficiently aroused, they would be able to put an end for ever to the degrading and infamous slave-traffic.—(Great cheer ing.) The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving the resolution. Mr. GEORGE EDWARDS seconded the resolution. Rev. THOMAS SCALES, of Leeds, supported the resolu• tion in a very eloquent address, which we regret we have not space for. The Rev HUGH HUTTON moved the next resolution. The resolution was seconded by Mr. THOMAS TYNDALL and carried unanimously. A vote of thanks to Sir E. WiLmoT was then passed amidst l ou d acc l amat i ons , an d t h e i mmense assem bl age quietly separated. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Sussex and the princess S oph i a Mat i lda v i s i te d h er M a j es ty y es t er d a y, a t t he new Palace. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the Queen. His Serene Highness Prince Hohenlohe arrived yester afternoon at the new Palace from the Continent. The roy a l di nner par t y l as t evening included the Dowager .??ontess Cowper and Lady Fanny Cowper, Earl of Surrey, useount Melbourne, Lord Morpeth, Lord Byron, and the °n• Col. Cdish. Her Majestav 's en rivate band attended during the evening at the P a ',„! Lord Alfred Paget has succeeded Colonel Buckley as the E querry in Waiting on her Majesty. The Duk e an d D uc h ess o f C am b r id ge an d t h e P r i ncess August a of Cambridge honoured her Majesty's Theatre Kith their presence on Tuesday evening. the Cabinet Conan was held yesterday afternoon, at , Foreign Offi ce .—lt was a tt en d e d b y Viscount Mel bourne, the L or d Ch ance ll or , M arqu i s of Lansdowne, Jo hn Rus se ll, Vi scount P a l merston, L or d Gl ene l g , t h e Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Minto, Sir John Hobb ouse, Lord Holland, Mr. Poulett Thomson, and Vis count Howick. The Council sat two hours and a half. His Excellency the American Minister transacted busi les3 on Tuesday at the Foreign-office. The Portuguese Ambassador Extraordinary transacted business yesterday a t the Foreign -office. Lord Carew, the Right Hon. C. Tennyson D'Eyncourt, an d the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, had interviews with Viscount Melbourne yesterday, in Downing-street. Despatches were sent off last evening from the Co nial Office for the Governor of the West India colonies. I Lord H o ll an d h a d a di nner party yesterday, at Hol aod House, Kensington. HIC;11 ‘VATER AT I.(;NDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, .... 59 minutes a ft e r ;l J Evenii,g minutes alter 0 CORN AVERAGES. For „ ( lENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, („'e Week ended July 27, it 3.38, made up from the Returns of the imperial in the different Cities and TOIVIIS in England and Wales, per irperial Quarter. heat cps Id. I Oats liarley 3ls. Si. I Rye I IPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE ":x WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat. 67s 96 Oats "tad.• .... . 22s 9d. I 8ean5 ........ 375. 72 eY ......... 225. 9t. Rye ea,. 18s. 355. 10.I.:I Pease Ms. Si DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. 13s. 9d. I Beans .. ...... 1:s. 1 8ar1ey........, lbs. 46- I Rye .. Ws. 91 Pease ... • '63. 9 J T This day was published, in 10 Vols. fcap. Svo. with Frontispieces, Vignettes, and Portrait, price 2/. 10s., cloth lettered, THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS of ROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq. Collected by Himself, with additional Notes and Prefaces, written expressly for this edi tion ; containing also many Poems which either have never beft re been collected or have hitherto remained unpublished. " The beauties of Mr. Southey's poetry are such that this Edi tion can hardly fail to find a place in the library of every man fond of elegant literature."—Electic Review, Aug. " The Author of the Life of Nelson must live as long as our his tory and language endure. There is no man to whom the latter owes a greater obli g ation — no man who has done snore for litera ture by his genius, his labours, and his life."—Times. London : Longman, Orme, and Co. The publication of Tim SUN NEV4SIPAPER commenced this day at 30 minutes past Four o'clock. RE MARKETS. -(THIS DAY). HUNGERFORD MARKET. Supplies good, trade to a fair extent, and prices reason able. Fish—Turbot, ss. to 18s.: Soles good, Is. to 2s. 6d. Per pair; Lobsters, Is. to 3s. ; Salmon good, Is. to is. 63. Per lb. Meat—Beef, 7d. to Bd. ; Mutton, 71d. to 83. and 81d. ; Veal, Bd. to 93. ; Pork, 71d. to 81d. per lb., and a g oo d business done. 'rise vegetable market was w e ll sup- Ned, and prices rated cheap. Hay and Clove r con ti nue as befor e . • CITY FISH MARKET. . B tipplies good of indifferent Fish, but not of good Fi,h— Olees of the latter rather high. Turbot, ss. to 20s. ; Lob „(7,18, ;s. to 3s. ; Salmon, 10d. to ls. 3d. per lb. ; Soles, t 0 00 2 6 s d. . G e d ah. . c per pair ; Whiting, 2d. to 4d. each ; Haddock, HAY MARKETS. Supplies m o d erate, b ut t h e d eman d goo d ; pr i ces muc h as O,`"e• Old Meadow Hay, 1003 . . to 1183., New, 603. to 98s. Clover Hay, nos. to 1305., and in some cases higher, N eu', 80s. to 1003. Straw, 435. to 465. COLONIAL MARKET. pri ces s arge reat department f commerce continues quietand vas_ rieady. 13y private contract there is but l i ttle and not much to-day by public sale, which is not a l for Thursday. Coffee, 179 casks and 22 barrels of ...blush Plantations were put, and sold steadily at pre ;et _l,ls rates. Cocoa, 50 bags and 50 barrels Trinidad, to4rit,?ed former and steady prices, which are 393. to 525. sold ° g to quality ; Ginger 126 brls. and 34 casks ; Jama , ea t o „ a t pre v i ous rates ; and 130 b ags Pi mento fetched 2id. of according t o qua lity. To-day we had no public sates 42s sun according 13 . P. sold steadily at previous rates of from 495. to for olg Erowr, 533. to 593. 61 for yellow low to good, and p u bl i t° 83s. for fine. Tea is quiet. For to-morrow we have 134 sales of Sugar, 7,000 bags Mauritius ; Ginger, 4,000 J2',„ B , B cogal ; Ri ce , 250 byes Bengal; Coffee, 133 casks ter-a4",, a" ; and Cotton, 828 bales Orleans. Tho imports ge- Y are light. er Ton. s. 0. MARE krlair. P COAL 17 6 —4r4°o ....................... !il 0 1101Tivell .......... 1 0 °Zathni"tll7,l\llVl:ti;legildrilis)r P°nt" 111:))6 '?; ill , :.lih ... • - Wvv.., riartley . 19 9 i';011 ........... .... . ............. ~ ~ Xv . '"‘ P•rl Ilawicke and Co 1 :,I v.411s ► Ln•l Brown's iEnil Cl. - t t rk , and Co lB 0 2 23 6 0 \v ~. ,n4l 1-11.(14 .. , wit.,s Lnd Killiniiwo.t" ‘01,14 ttiii NeWitarch ')%,' ' '' l, 4 End Belmont 1b:111. End liraddyn's Helton cf.. 5..; I 0) ,r4l. End Belton Ships arrive. 4 since Er.- Aut.. ter Ton. r. et Walls End Lambton :3 0 Walls End Mussel's 22 9 Walls End Stewart 's 0 Walls End Hartlepool 23 0 Walls End Barrett Wads End Gordon 20 9 WaIIE End South Durham Walls End Tets 2l 3 Walls End West Iletton 21 3 Blythe. Brampton Main GrAgola Flandp•eketl Garforth L'iwer Main Wall.; End Harticry Manstoi. i t t.n I:1 ti \VeLh Steam !ast market-day, 31. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUG 1. n i,, -1, 000 bags were purchased to-day, principally by the trade, ; '."->ugh exporters took a few small lots. For middling de .(l*,Ption.; 4- per lb. hi ,, her was paid, and good qualitles fully their value. ' 4,350 American, sfd to 74d. ; 50 ; 150 Maranham, V a td., 8, d. ; 100 Egyptian, (44, lld. 200 Surat, 44d., ; 150 Pernam, 81d., qd. 5,000. A l t is not lik e l y we un d erstan d t h at any spec i a l ornbassathlr will be sent from England or any other Power attend th e C oronation of the Emperor of Austria as King Ant Lomb irdy, t h at b e i ng considered as only a local ceremony, like the Coronation of our own sovereign. 1 , P L DRE ADFUL OCCUR II ENCE.—About twelv e o ' c l oc k a y '. °lght a remarkably fine young woman named Edgeller, p int in the service of C. Rickets, Esq., 78, Chester-square, ‘ , 4 . 1711i00 , threw herself out of the attic-window, when she fell . ,i lt h a tremendous crash, into the area below. The noise 1 1 . 411 1 ed the watchman in the neighbourhood, and attracted 41 a ir ° to the spot. Mr. Griffith was immediately sent for, who "roptly attended, but found life quite extinct. A Coro ea i c , oquest will be held on the body. 1,1, ? Don b W INDLING.—An ing en i ous p l an h as l ate l y b een v a gang of swindlers in the city, which i afror • In d a w nide s phere accomplished for the m ost extensive fraud, and lead some of the fla brokers into an unpleasant secret. The 4 ' 14 takes a c ounting-house, with cellars, and commences in the ale and t:reer trade; a second, plan is this :—One of the who has a counting-house also, encloses him an r through post, which he pretends he has received from an officer in India (the Gazette wilt at once supply the names of the officers of regi. :„thi:„tt, , 'aer ts stationed there, and quarter-masters are generally selected), for a a , i n quantity of pale ale, cider, and wine, all, of course, of the best n quantity to be shipped by the first vessel going out, and to be pad for by h ' r l e, The order is executed with a very inferior article, while enormous r ' 3 are charged. A bill is drawn on the party who is ,v nt fro m India, and made payable thirty days after sight alleged to have ; and the trans_ a ction is rendered apparently perfectly regular, by the party who had -1 2,:, e te , Ned to have received the order acknowledging it to be all right. iig,enods are chipped on board,and the holder of the bill finds very little Ida 'tiny in getting it discounted by an India broker, particularly as lie ;_ ac es in his hands, as an additional security, the bill of lading for the 4"Zds• Se veral trarOactions of this descripti on are said latterly m a ," Plac e ; and it is sa id t h at such is the qual.ty of the go to have in Indi a s sent, , ti.ey wan not sell f or one- f ourth what has been charged for them , TIIE ANGLOMANIA OF MURAT.--Murat was ~xllat the French denominate a decided" Anglomane." He liked every thing that was English, and certainly at the present day the English hav e i n h ad , m any things got before their neighbours by ,everal Nitres. He tiro English maids and governesses for his four children (two boys and ~',° ,girls). Engli=h grooms for his numerous English horses, English I : l _rrtel s and other carriages, Manton's fowling pieces, and "English port w i ne .,,.... L(fe of Col, Maceroni. LONDON : THURSDAY EVENING. AUGUST 2, 1838. When the Duke of WELLINGTON, at the close of last Session, expressed a wish to come to some arrangement for the settlement of Irish ques tions, the public naturally expected that he ; meant such a settlement as would meet with the concurrence not only of the Government, but of parties more interested in the question—the people of Ireland. The result, however, of the present Ses sion shows that the arrangement gives satisfaction to neither party. The concession has been all on one side. The -Government expect no good from either the Tithe Bill or the Municipal Bill, and the people of Ireland would rather see both rejected than passed in their present shape. Among all true Irishmen there can be no difference of opinion on these points. The Municipal Bill is a mockery of justice, and the Tithe Bill combines insult and mockery. What the Irish Ca tholics wanted was only a small portion of the sur plus tithe for moral and religious education. The Tory party—those who profess themselves anxious to settle disputes, say you shall not touch the tithe in any shape —nay more, you shall be taxed .fur ther to maintain the Protestant clergy; and these clergy shall still have the option of harassing you by the col lection of arrears. No conquered people could be treated with greater indignity ; and no wonder that England is compelled, even at the present day, to keep up from forty to fifty regiments in that country. Never was there a finer subject for the sarcasm of Lord BROUGHAM than this mode of settling Irish questions, nor one that could afford more scope for his eloquence than the sufferings, the injustice, and the in sult to which a high-spirited people have been sub jected because they will not renounce the religion of their forefathers. His Lordship is also dissatisfied with the Irish Poor-law, and looking at the result of the Session, the future prospects of Ireland, and the pertinacity with which the United Parliament con tinues to misgovern that unfortunate country, we should not wonder if his Lordship to-morrow travel somewhat out of the record, and on all these points administer to Whig and Tory some well-timed advice and admonition. We see by the Irish papers, which had adopted their present tone before Mr. O'CONNELL ' S letter, which we yesterday published, had reached Dublin, that a fierce opposition may be looked for in Ireland to the Irish Municipal Bill. The Ministers, if they attempt to carry Lord LYNDHURST ' S amendments, will only lose for themselves, the confidence and support of the Irish without the least chance of succeeding in putting an end to agitation. The Tory game cannot be played in the country successfully, whatever may be the cases in Parliament. We are, however, convinced that the Ministers have taken the view of this matter ; and being sensible, both of the insulting nature of Lord LYN Du URST'S amendmini, and the insulting manner in which they have been introduced, they will most certainly not accept the Bill in its "present form—we can assure our Irish friends of that. The Tithe Bill for Ireland is in a similar pie:lica ment. 'fl►ere was a meeting yesterday of deputies from the several congregations - of Protestant Dissen ters of the three denominatiMis—Presbyterian, Inde pendent, and Baptist—in and within twelve miles of London, at the King's Head, Puultry. They came to a resolution " that the grant of one million, to be appropriated to the clergy of the Established Church and the lay impropriators of tithe in Ireland out of the public funds of the empire, can be justified by no necessity ; and from a regard to their own interests, and from conscientous conviction, they firmly and loudly object to this new example of, and encourage ment for, indefinite appropriations of the public moneys towards the Established Churches of England, Scot land, and Ireland." That measure will as deservedly excite hostility in England, as the Muncipal Bill excites hostility in Ireland. Though both should be carried, neither would be satisfactory. Religious men begin to ask themselves whether all these grants and favours to the Church are for the Popish or the Evan gelical branch of it, which together make up the Esta blished Church. Lord flowices late observation about the Irish Church is equally applicable to, and equally true of the English Church. Parliament will have to institute a searching inquiry into its doctrines, lest the nation should be betrayed into Popery. We regret to see so much legislation touching our commerce, and involving some important public inte rests, brought forward at a period of the Session when it cannot be adequately discussed, nor resisted by that portion of the public whose interests it affects, provided they disapprove of it. A Bill was introduced on the 30th ult.,—no longer ago than last Monday—to pro vide " for the custody of certain monies paid in pur suance of the Standing - Orders of either House of Parliament, by subscribers to works or undertakings to be effected under the authority of Parliament." This Bill affects all undertakings for which persons go to Parliament for Bills ; and it might surely have just as well been brought into Parliament on the first day of the Session, as towards its close. In truth, it was then more needed, while so many Bills were in progress. It is particularly objectionable to intro duce such a measure at the end of the Ses sion, because, it is one never likely to attract much attention from the reporters, and likely, therefore, to remain unknown to the public ; while at the end of the Session when the House and the public arc alike weary with protracted sittings, it is passed by wholly unnoticed. We shall probably have some thing more to say on the scope and intention of the Bill to-morrow, about which' we now give no opinion, but must warn Mr. THOMSON if he wish to escape some unpleasant imputations which we frequently hear cast on him, to bring forward all his measures affecting the commerce of the country at a period when they.can be adequately discussed, and, if necessary, ef fectually opposed. The Times of this 'morning threatens Mr. FlumE with something like condign punishment, should the Irish, on his recommendation, resist the tyranny of the Orange Tories. We deprecate with all our might any allusions to party violence and party punishment for party offences. To talk of hanging or beheading men because they take different views from ourselves of that recondite and difficult matter, the public, or the national, or the universal good, and adopt different means of accomplishing it, is a violation of decency ; and to carry such talk into execution, is a monstrous outrage to humanity. But if we are to have such talk, and the threats of such deeds, the Tories must be reminded that they will be as liable to all these consequences as the Radicals. If to resist tyranny be rebellion, what is to b 3 said of the tyranny which provokes resistance? If we are to have executions for political ignorance and political offences, jt;stice requires that the work should be begun with the Tory Lords. The conduct of the " advance-nought" Committee continues to be the theme of general condemnation. Wherever it is mentioned it is sure to meet with a unanimous vote of censure. It is indeed utterly im possible for any humane and upright mind to con template the proceedings of these Committee -men without an instinctive feeling of honest indignation at the gross violation of good faith with the public, and the insensibility to human suffering which it exhibits. If there be one point more than another which in volves the interests of charity, it is the manacr e _ ment of the funds raised for charitable ob jects. As these are administered ill or well, the result will be prejudicial or otherwise to the cause. What then, we ask, must be the effect of so unjustifi able a perversion of a subscription raised to save the lives of those who were in danger of perishing of famine, as its application to purposes which not only never entered the minds of the subscribers, but which are entirely foreign to the objects which they had in view ? Must not the consequences of such a diversion of the current of public liberality from its proper and destined channel, be, if not to shut up the sources of sympathy, at least greatly to impede its flow ? But the ultimate consequences that must follow from the misconduct of this small clique of seemingly unknown and irresponsible persons, however important, are not the only matter for serious consideration. The friends of humanity must not overlook its imme diate results. It must not be forgotten that while this scandalous jobbing in a charitable fund is going on, the persons who are the proper objects of the fund are all but dying for want of that relief which it was in tended to afford. Cannot some means be devised for compelling the " advance-noughts" to unclutch the maney which they hold with so tenacious a grasp? We trust that some of the subscribers will come for ward without further delay, for no case can be more urgent, and set the example of demanding back the unappropriated part of their subscriptions to be ap plied to the relief of the famishing inhabitants of the Shetland Islands. The example once set , wou ld, we are convinced, be speedily and generally follow ed. In another column will be found an' able artic le on this interesting subject from a weekly Contempo rar y , to which we request the reader's attention. We present our readers with a very full report of a! numerous and highly respectable meeting held last evening at Birmingham o n the subject of Negro Emancipation. It i s we ll wort hy o f b e i ng read, parti cularly the eloqu en t s p eec h es o f M r . O'CoNNELL, Dr. LUSITINGTON, Mr. STURGE, &c. It was indeed a proud and glorious occasion for the friends of free dom. We shall revert to the subject to-morrow. The whole of the Paris Papers of Tuesday have been received. The only news of any interest from tl►e Spanish frontier contained in them is embodied in the following telegraphic dispatch : Advises from La Seu d'Urgel of 27th ult. state that Baron de Meer had entered Solsona, and that the insurgents had taken refuge in the Episcopal Palace and Cathedral. Count d'Espagne was at Ladurs. - According to accounts from Valencia of 22d, General Oraa was at Teruel, Cabrera at Morella, and Merino at Chelva. The Spanish Loan contractors do not appear to have met with much success in Paris. The following extract from the Courier Francais will suffic len:ly ex plain the true cause of their failure : Three weeks have elapsed since the Spanish Commissioners for contracting the loan authorized by the Cortes have arrived in Paris ; they ace men of the most honourable character, of good abilities, and of the most praiseworthy activity. It does not, however, appear that they have made much progress in their business, nor that they can find any capitalist bold cnough to undertake to re-establish the credit of Spain. This is be cause the Cl'einCt of Madrid is proposing to itself a problem, the solution of which is imp:Asible, when it asks for a loan without hying o• satisfied its former creditors. Laws may have great power, but they do not possess that of coining money. It is not possible to decree a loan in the same way as one could order a levy of men, or an additional tax to be made. At the present moment the Rentes d'Espagne are at &O per cent. below their nominal value in the market ; and Spain will shortly owe a hundred millions of francs to her foreign credi tors. It would assuredly be madness to open a loan with the sole aim of paying to the ancient creditors the amount of their credits ; this would amount to nothing snore than making the English or French pay out of one pocket into another. What Spain should do is first to settle with her own capitalists —she has resources; and if her real shuttion were frankly expo ;ed, her creditors would not be unreasonable nor severe; but she should consider no sacrifice too great that would enable her to raise her own credit, on which her future fate depends. The following are extracts from the French journals : A letter from Toplitz says that Prince Lubecki, formerly Minister of Finance in Poland, and for a time Envoy of Russia in France, is expected in that town, and that he will very soon be intrusted by the Emperor Nicholas with a new mission to France or England. We are assured that on the 23d of this month Munagorry, whose name is destined to ac quire celebrity, has given orders to all the men whom he has lasted to assemble at Barigorry, Espelette, Sare, and Hen daye. Rations of bread, meat and wine, and pay of a real per day are ailowesi them from the 25th. M. Guerica, Advo cate and Secretary to Munagorry, arrived at Hendaye on the 26th ; Jauregui proceeeded t.) the same village some minutes afterwards. The motives of this interview, which has been long desired by Munagorry, are not yet known. It is said that Munagorry has-made proposals to Jauregui to continue under his command. On Wednesday last twenty-seven Carlist de serters presented themselves to Munagorry; they were ac companied by the Commander of the sth battalion.—.Le Com merce. After Archbishop Dunin had been repeatedly called upon by the civil authorities to revoke his directions to the Clergy respecting mixed marriages, to which he in reply constantly declared that he' persisted in his declaration of 20th April, and did not hesitate in another immediate representation to his Majesty to say frankly, that he acted in no personal concern, but in an important religious matter, his Majesty addressed an autograph letter to M. V. Dunin, in which he intimates that he had written to him in an unbecoming man ner, and that directions were given to commence criminal proceedings against him. In consequence of this Royal order, two deputies from the Royal Provincial Tribunal repaired on the 9th of July to the Archiepiscopal Palace to commence the necessary negociations with M. V. Dunin. The Archbishop stated to them with much firmness that he had already mitten to his Excellency the Minister that he could not recognise the civil authority, which was besides a party incompetent in this matter ; but he appealed to the privilegium fori of the Ecclesiastical profession. Accordingly, he told these gentlemen that he would not have any conversa tion whatever with them on this affair. On their observing that his Grace might thereby lose his personal liberty, he re plied that this could be no reason for him to depart from his firm resolution. The Archbishop was then requested to let this declaration-le maimed to writing, and to sign it ; but this he also thought it his duty to refuse. The ulterior resolution of his Majesty respecting the Archbishop may be shortly ex pected. FRENCH FUNDS.—PAnts, JULY 31. Five per Cents.. 111 f. 30c. 35c. Four per Cents., 103 f. 50c. Three per Cents., 80f 90c. 9.". c. 90c. ttente de Naples, 99f. Isc. Roman Five per Cents., 101% % Spanish*Actives, Spanish Passives, 41i. Belgian Three per Cents., 71f. 80c. 75c. Belgian Bank, 1,4:5f Portuguese Loan, Three prr Cents. 21. Dutch Two and a halfper Cents., Mutt:in Loan, 30f. RICHANOR ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 45c.; money, 25f. 42.. c. Three months, paper, :151. 30e. ; money, :51. 30c. LATEST PRICES. Five per Cents. 111 f. 30c. Three per Cents., 131 f. 90c. Romans, 101)4. Belgian Bank, 1,4;5f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 23%. Spanish Actives, '2'2 1 ,4 . Spanish Passives, 4X. Haytian Loan, 3510. Brussels and German Papers—the former of Tues- day's date—have reached us this morning, Vut their contents are of no political or general importance. DUTCH FUNDS.—ANITTERDAM, JULY 30. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Amon tivridic, 44 per cent. 9G 954 Ditto, ditto, 3 1 ,4 per cent. so 804 Commercial Company, 4 1 4 per cant 1634 169 1 4 Ditto (1&12 and 1833) 5 per cent. Loan MR, 1 per cent. Ditto 1937, 6 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 17% Two mon:ths ...... r. ELG lAN k U NDS-15 a ussus t JULY 30. Actual Debt, 214 per Cent. Roth child's Loan, 5 per Cent • Loan of Thirty Million , Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent e.B!„‘ Society of Commerce, 4S; per Cent 149 Bank et Belgium, 5 per Can' National Society . nrussels Papers, July 28. A UST 111 A N FUNDS.—VIENNA, Jety 23. Five por Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. Three pca Cents. Bank Shares -- Allgemcine Zeitung, July ,:: S. Letters from Constantinople of the 11th ult. an nounce the g ratifying fact, that for the present there is an end of all apprehensions of hostilities between the Sultan and the Viceroy of Egypt. MEHEMET ALI has discovered, that however disagreeable it may be to the sympathies of th e pay tribute , it is a bad remed y to a pp eal to the swor d aGaraciats against f wa° ro cs SovereignCofo tts Europe.t a tin supported p!reF, byl efollowing ext rac t f rom a Letter dated the 11 th ult., ad dressed to a Morning Contemporary, confirms the ac count previously received of the wreck of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea : Letters recei ved b y the O dessa steamer, on Monday, fully confirm the n ews, of which a va g ue r eport reached here last week, viz., of the imme n se loss which the Russian fleet sus tained during the storm on the night of the 10th ultimo. The number of vessels which perished are five ships of war, the splendid war• steamer the Jason, built in England, the finest in the whole servic e, and seven trans p orts. The greater part of these vessels were on shore on the Abascian coa st , and those of the crews who escaped the sea were destroyed by the Circas sians. Some letters state the number of vessels lost to have been thirty ; but this account I believe to be exaggerated. The effects of this hurricane were also severely felt in many other parts. In Candia the whole of the crops were com pletely torn up and destroyed by the violence of the wind. Moray and suite, and the Hon. Mrs. night by the General Steam Navigation Company's for Edinburgh. ship Ca/edema , . in s ; tat.no• that We were in error, b Mr. Brown, the Second Master Attendant, was sent by Sir Robert Otway on Werth the -tc a . :26 9 laCt IliaaduTilnegi:ellet'rftEe'neli Steamer, when entering the Port of Sheerness ; it was Majesty's ship Howe, and not Sir. Brown. UGUST 1, 1838.--Hi- E • which were so Dovsß, vsn, A . Excellency the equipages, Count Strogonoff arrived here last night from London, and embarked t h e e Wellington" steamer, with the Countess, &c., for to-day by . Mr. Dunsterville, the Master of her . admired at the Coronation, were shipped this morning by the much 1 Steam Navigation Company's steamship "Soho," for Antwerp. Genera . , left town last Thursdayby The prince himself the same Company's ship" Menai," which was elegantly fitted out with a splendid service of Boulogne, T he Princeuriderth e d e usual li o Lines noui , s. plate and china for the occasion. DUNDEE.—On the afternoon of Sunday last a iane l ta i sdi i s: c . l cil i enrlrvi.di,ai running e, s p l be y oy • e i ra n : stf g erhotiome: a:: being young man went into the river, at Magdalen-yard, to bathe; and being made siawvioii time, a l a o b i ee eo i rnldiirdts,tolsioyi violently, progress ia l o l r'n' and ci ed e: e: t o r he t u te n i ro , :Ptelsi:aol'enin.siddi quietly o )tr o b v i l t 'o v on ' ' e i with the t ea l d ol i t o l etl i h , d v zh , fe ,: e ue ot r r dt r u a: hi ntr o p i oaa a i n iu m d Es nd. k ,i c f i l : a iir A ai i r ae nna e ls g i ds n mi a t a f : : :: ' t v e' ie i e . n h nze i s i ts d c d s ep e l e r i i ts io nt w l uw s wr t to beat the water no assistance immediately at hand, lie sank to the bottom, and the boys who witnessed the catastrophic to get at him with a boat; but un fortunately they did not succeed. The body was found on Monday morning, and con veye d to the watchhous e at the Burying-gocun d , where it lay till T ues d ay afternoon, when it was interred. No one ap peared to claim it, n or h as any trace of the relatives been yet discovere d. Th "reaena:er.—D undee Advertiser. ed appeared to b e a b ou t 18 years o f age, an d i s s upposed to be a e s d : TRA VELLERS BY. S TAGE COACHES.- - Upon a calculation for the whole number of stage coaches that pos sessed licences at the end of the year 1834, it appears that the means of conveyance thus provided for travelling are equivalent to the convey ance, during the year, of one person for the distance of 597,159,420 miles, or more than six times the distance between the earth and the sun. Observation has shown that the degree in which the public avail themselves of th e accommodation thus prov id e d i s i n the proportion of 9to 15, or 3-sth s o f its titinost extent. Following this pr o p ortion, the sum of all the t ravelling by stage coaches i n G rea t Britain may be re presented by 3 58295,652 miles. If we exclude from th e calculation all very young children, as well as persons who, from their g reat a g e and bodily infirmities are unable to travel, there will p robabl y remain in England 10,000 ,000 persons by whom t h a t a m ( ant of travelling might be accomplished ; b ut i t is well known that a very large propo rtion of the , population are not pl ace d i n c i rcums tances that require them to travel; and if even it w ere otherwise that they would not avail th emselves of a mode of conveyance so comparatively costly as a stage coach. We shall p ro _ bably go to th e utmost extent i n assum i ng that not more than 1 - s th, or two millions- of p ersons, trave l i n th a t manner, and it places in a strong point of view the activity which pervades this country when we thus arrive at the conclusion that each of these persons must, on the average, travel on land by some public conveyance ISO miles in the course of the year. This calculation is exclusive of all travelling in post-chaises, in private carriages, and by steam-vessels, the amount of which there are not any means for estimating. It affords a good Inca. sure of the relative importance of the metropolis to the remainder of the country, that, of the above number of 597,159,420, the large pro. portion of 4 09,052,644 is the product of stage coaches which are licensed to run f rom L ondon to var i ous parts of the kingdom. The licences, Which have formed the groundwork of th e calculations, include all public c onveyances proceeding between one part of England and an other part of E ng l and, as well as those con veyances !Mich travel be tween England a n d S co tl an d ; b ut no t suc h as begin and end their jour. neys in Scotland; and their travelling in Ireland is wholly excluded,— Progress of the Nation, LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, AUG. I.—Wind moderate.—Sailed thi7 morning the whole of the outward-bound on their respective voyages. Also came down from the river and sailed the Geerge IV., Dray-ner, for China; Pomona, Stopple, for MA Iva ; Parmclia, Logic, for Sierra Leone; Burrell, Patter- . son, and Prince, Revant, for Qaelre ; and Effort, Orfeur, for the \Vestward. PORTSMOUTH, . 4 . UO. I.—Wind W. to S. by E., fine.— Salt(' the Sophia, M . Nair, for Bengal. PLYMOUTH, JULY 31.—Wind S. W. to N. W.—Arrived the Active, Snell, from Cadiz. Sailed the Fairley, Ager, for the Cape of Good Rope- and .Sydney • Prince George, Chilcott, awl Rajahstan, Ritchie; for South Australia; Bolivar, Richards, and Lord Ravensworth, Newman, for Quebec; and .Hiron delle, Smith, for Alicant. FALMOUTH, JULY 31.—Wind variable, light airs and fine.— Arrived off port the Columbian Packet, White, from M trya nople, sailed the 19th May. DOWNS, Atio. I.—Arrived the Thetis, Baker, from Pic tou ; James Harris, Wright, from Qnebec ; Gipsey, Shatton, from Oporto ; John Guise, M'Fee, from St. Peter,burgh ; Preciosa, Schmidt; from Memel ; Potomare, from New York; Valiant, DarVIS, from Kilrush. PooLe, JULY 31.—Arrived off port, the Matilda, Joss, from Riga. PETERHEAD, JULY 30.—Arrived the Commerce, Martin, from Greenland ; Union, Cardno, f.-om Bathurst. DUNDEE, JULY 30.—Arrived the Johns, Strachan, from St. Petersburgh ; Albyn, Payde, from do.; Charlotte, Fyffe, from Liebau; Perthshire, Young, from Memel; Ceres, Simp son, from do. ; Thetis, Maas, from do. ; Gleaner, Davidson, from Riga ; John, Clark, from Konigsberg; Ceres, Lance man, from do. LEITH, JULY 30. Arrived the Armanda, Voss, from Dant z:c ; Nevron, Hanman, from do. ; Frederica, Bruce, ircm Palau. LEITH ROAD 3, JULY 30.—Arrived the Deodalus, Duncan, from St. Petersburgh. FISHERROW, JULY 31.—Arrived the Cheviot, Thompson, from Stettin. LIVERPOOL, Ave. I.—Wind variable, and light.—Arrived the Alice, Clapp, from Charleston. Arrived off port the Thomas Leach, trom Monte Video; and Cheshire, from Bar badoes. Sailed the Balfour, for Bombay ; Indus, for Que. bec ; Henry Leeds, for New York ; St. Lawrence, for Phila delphia; Herald, for Baltimore; Ellen, for Demerara; Clio, for Halifax ; Adonia, for Newfoundland ; Magic, for Naples ; Star, for Denia ; Norman, for Boston ; Favourite, for Trieste; Mary, for Mauritius; Mars, for Jamaica; Peri, for Gibraltar; and Dorette, for Riga. DUBLIN, JULY 3 I A rrived the Martin, M'Kenney, Qu •hcc. BELFAST, JULY 30. —Arrived the Agitator, Wihon, from Quebec; Ardent, Mackey, from London. CORK, JULY 30. —Arrived the °Helton, Williams, from London; Mary Ellen, Thomas, from London; Harwood, Cole, from Charleston ; Eliza, Nowland, from Smyrna. BRIDLINGTON, AUGUST I.—Arrived the Angelina Lisette, from Neustadt. STOCKTON, JULY 31.—Arrived the Cupida, Eckland, from Gottenburg. - HULL, AUGUST I.—Arrived Rob Roy (steamer), Hamburg. FALCOMBE, JULY 31.—Arrived off port the Amazon, Pit.. cairn, from Quebec. CLYDE, JULY 30.—Arrived the Williamina, from Barbadocs; Douglastown, from Trinidad; Christian, Mercer, from Trinidad; Miranda, Murdoch, from Antigua; Jane, Glad stone, from Licata. WATERFORD, JULY 30.—Arrived the Sir John Newport, from London. ANTWERP, JULY 31. —A vessel, bo•tom upwards, apparently about 70 or 80 feet long, was passed on the 3d inst., in lat. 37, long. 51, by the Joseph, Bons, arrived here from Havannah. HARWICH, AUG. 1.--The Moscow, from St. Petersburgh, fallen in with after being abandoned, has this day been towed into the harbour. The Prince Oscar, Theysan, arrived from Christiansar.d, for France, leaky. The Alice, Clapp, arrived at Liverpool, spoke William Gray, from London, 19th ult., tat. 44, long. 44. The Elizt, Nowland, arrived at Cork, spoke the Rusco Castle, from Cadiz to London, and Malcolm, Brown, from Seville to London, 11th ult., off Cape St. Vincent. The Envoy, Dunn, arrived at Antwerp, spoke Earl of Clancarty, 15th tilt, lat. 49, sailing Eastward. The Douglastown, arrived in the Clyde, spoke Larch, from Dublin to Quebec, 13th ult., lat. 45, long. 34. The Minerva, Tiedeman, from Lubec, put into Dover very leaky, pumps choaked and must discharge, bound to Weymouth. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY ( TIM DAY.), TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are of litttle importance, and very few in number. The continental accounts by the express from Paris are of a meagre description. The anticipated battle before Estella had not taken place by the last accounts from Bayonne. The increase in the issue of the country banks has been from 10,926,511/. to 11,745,3031. ; the principal r.wr ' mentation being in the circulation of the Joint Stock B an ks during the quarter. This statement, with an expected free importation of Grain, had some effect on the Consol Market, and pre vented the mat ket from receding. Although in the early part of the day the Ma-ket had a heavy appearance, Consols closed at 93a Money, 931 a fur the Account ; opened this morning at 931 H ; Money, 93f 4. Exchequer Bills, 73 75 prem. ; India Bonds, 74 76 prem. ; Bank Stock, 207; India Stock, 264 265. In the Foreign Market the prices arc nominal at the closing prices of yesterday. The dullness of the weather has an effect on both the Markets ; there is no spirit for speculation as yet. Spanish Active, 21Z- #, with Coupons ; Portuguese, 341 Three per Cents, 22f1-; Brazilian, 80,1- 811; Mexican, 24f 25 ; Colombian, 261 271 ; Belgian, 10244; Dutch Two and-a- Half, 54f ; Five per Cents., 1024. We do not hear of any arrivals as yet from New York. eRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Bank Stock ..... 207, ltdiu st-ek. 3 per Cent. ice i . 3 per Cart. Cons. 933 % i South Sea Stock I% per Cent.... —, Old Annuities Ditto Red. New 3% per Cent... 101 1% 10011, 1' 3 per Cent. Annuities, New 5 per Cent... — Exch. Bills, .€1,0(X , .....73 75 73 om Btnk LnigAnnultiestoexpire Ditto so(' 73 75 73 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 l5 7-16%1 Ditto Small ............73 75 73 pm Oct. 10, 1859 I Ditto Commercial Jan. 5, 1360 15% ' Ditto Advertised. pm Jan. 5, ..... Sank Stock for Account Aprii 5, 18130 — intillsltock for Acc0unt......... lin. 5. ....... PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds , Belgian Bonds •• Ditto Account Brazilian Bends Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account than Bonds Ditto Account . ........ C ,lumbian Bonds Ditto Account , • C3ltunbian Bonds, ItP2' Ditto Account Danish Bonds ... Ditto Account .......... Greek Bonds — Ditto Bonds, 11325 •- Ditto Account Homan Bon,ls, 5 per cent — Ditto Account .... Ditto, 6 per cent. - )itto Account . N 3poii: • n PRICES OF SHARES THI IContinis fur Account ` 3li3e THIS DAY AT ONE U'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account ....... Portuguese Bowls Ditto New Bonds Ditto Account ... Dtto, 3 per cent Ditto Account 22% yy i'ru:siczi Bends Russian Bends, 18:22. Ditto Account... ..... Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds.lS3l Ditto Account French, 5 per cent. —l. —i. --- 4 per cent........ ... 3 per cent. —f. —c ExchAnge —f. —c Dutch, 2% per cent Ditto Account :4% Ditto, r or cent... ..... . lO2 Ditto Account lO2 S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK 81 aid. Bra ilian Imperial Mining C o. (I ssue d at 51. pm ) P 20 Ditto Macaubas Cocacs Real dal Monte Mining Co., Registered 631. 10s. 6d Ditto Unregistered Brighton Railway Company ll London and 131ackwall Railway Asphalte, Claridge's Patent 2 Do British Bitumen, 13astenne and Gaujac Do. Robinson British American Land Company t.t3 Danube and Mayne Company 4ll 13s. 4d. London and Westminster Bank 2O PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS. DUBLIN, JULY 21. 3 per Cent. Consols - Grant Canal Debs. ti per cent. - 3!¢ per Ceir. Stock IOOX, Ditto, 4 per cent. •• -• Ditto iteduced Hibei nian Bank Ditto New, 18:30 ...... . ...... - City of Dublin Steam Company - 3 . :, per Cent. Debentures - flank Stock - City Debentures, 4 per cent.... - Royal Canal Sock Grand Canal Stock.... ...... HALF-PAST' O..AE • During the whole of the ; morning the British and Foreign Markets have continued inactive, without any feature worth noticing. Consols may be quoted at present 931 I for the Account; and Money 93 Exchequer Bills lower, 73 prem. ; India Bonds lower, 74 prem. ; Bank Stock, 207 ; India Stock, 264.• In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 21+ -A- with Cou pons , • Portuguese, 34+ :I; Three p er Cents., 9 §i-23 ; Bra- zilian, 24. 25 ; Colombian, 263- 27+ ; Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents, 54- 55 ; Five per Cents., 1021. The Dutch mail has arrived, with papers of the Ist instant, and the Dutch Funds come 1 per cent. lower; Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 55 ; Five per Cents., 101+. In the Share Market little or nothing doing, prices much the same as yesterday's quotations. Consols for Account, 93i- i Per :hare II 9 156 04 24 454 10 THREE O'Cr.o CK -- - BEER -SHOP CON VICTION.—In a case which came before the Magistrates at thzßlentford Petty Sessions yesterday, where a woman named WaterCrlge, a beer-shop keeper, was charged by the police with harbouring disorderly characters, Mr. Sleap, solicitor, of Ealing, who attended for defendant, contended that the onus of proving that the accused was licensed lay in the complainants. The Bench de cided, however, that defendant must produce her license, agreeable to a notice in the summons; and this not being forthcoming, the fact of de. fendant being licensed was taken for granted, and the case proceeded. The result was, that a fine of 40s. was imposed, with 7s. costs, which the legal gentleman said he should allow to be levied by execution, for the purpose of bring;ng an action to determine which party was in the right. On Saturday morning, about half-past three o'clock, a Thames pollee galley, containing Leonard, a surveyor, and Denly and Jones, river constables, was proceeding down the river, near Lon don-bridge, when they heard a heavy splash in the water, and turning round saw a gentleman, who had thrown hitmelf from the parapet of the bridge, sinking. His disappearance was instantaneous, and from the manner in which he sunk the officers believe he was loaded with some heavy substance. The hat of the deceased, a new beaver one, with the name of a Brussels maker inside, was picked up by the offi cers, and is now in possession of the Thames police. Lord Seaford has been on a tour in Kent. • - -- We are glad to see it announced that the packets frorri Southampton to the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth have been this season placed upon a scale of convenience and comfort that has never yet been attempted. A N EXTRAORDINARY EDITION OF THE "SU N " WILL BE PUBLISHED THIS WEEK, SO AS TO REACH ALL PARTS OF THE KINGDON ON. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY., IT WILL CONTAIN MOST BEAUTIFUL MEDALLION LIKENESSES O F MARSHAL SOULT AND THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, EXECUTED IN THE SAME STYLE AS THAT OF HER MAJESTY IN “THE CORONATION SUN.” *o' EACH PORTRAIT WILL BE WORTH AT LEAST ONE GUINEA. BESIDES THE PORTRAITS AND WREATHS, THERE WILL BE CHARACTERISTIC MEMOIRS, WITH ORIGINAL ANEC DOTES, OF BOTH HEROES. N.B. IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE TIME NECESSARY TO FINISH THE LIKENESSES IN A STYLE WORTHY OF THE DISTINGUISH ED WARRIORS, THE ARTISTS FOUND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO COM PLETE . THEM LAST WEEK. THE BEAUTY OF THE ENGRAVINGS WILL, HOWEVER, AMPLY REPAY THE PUBLIC. FOR THE UNAVOID ABLE DELAY. MARSHAL SOULT HAS KINDLY FAVOURED US WITH SEVERAL SITTINGS, IN ORDER TO GRATIFY THE PUB LIC CURIOSITY, AND HIS LIKE NESS IS THE MOST PERFECT WORK OF ART HITHERTO PRO DUCED. IN FACT, IT IS THE ONLY GOOD LIKENESS THAT HAS EVER APPEARED OF HIM ; AND CASTS OF THE MODEL ARE SPECIALLY ORDERED FOR THE KING OF THE FRENCH. EARLY ORDERS SHOULD BE GIVEN. ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND COPIES WILL BE PRINTED. SUN Office, 112, Strand, London, August 2. " THE SUN " CONTINUES TO PUBLISH THE EXTRAORDINARY EDITION, I G 0 L D, GIVING ALL THE DETAILS OF THE CORONATION-THE FAIRS, REJOICINGS, AND EVERY PAR TICULAR OF INTEREST CON NECTED WITH THIS AUGUST CEREMONY. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1838. PIETY AND STARVATION. (From the Weekly Prue Sun.) Iu the spring of last year a powerful and pathetic appeal was made to metropolitan charity for therehef of thousands of suff,rcrs, reduced to the brink of starvation in the Highlands and Is'an•ls of Scotland. The appeal was readily answered, the language of humanity superseded that of politics in the Pre:s, the untiring energy of business re laxed a while in the City, a meeting was held at the Mansion-Louse, thousands of pounds were subscribed, and a Destitution Comrnittea was appointed to apply the re sources thus promptly afforded, and then the world rolled round as usual, hugging to its chariralle 13)so:n the godlike satlsfacti-m of beneficence. A Daily Journal, which is " now no more," as Parlia mentary people s..y when they evoke wisdom from the graves of departs 1 statesmen, ventured to sugg, st to the humane donors of the means of food to our perishing brethren in the North, whether subscritliag for the relief of Scotch tenantry had not some connection with inquiry into the relat:ve position of the Scotch landed proprietary ; and that with the more genet al question of the dearness of food and the laws or practices by which it is sustained. There are evidently many ways of subscribing, nominally and in tentionally, on behalf of a starving tenantry that are vir tually, though not intentionally, only so many ways of sub scribing in behalf of a non-starving landlordry. This tendency of donations to produce no lasting benefit to the immediate object, but a substantial pecuniary ad vantage to a remote and uncontemplated object, was of course set down to " the cold-heartedness of political eco. nomy ;" as similar suggestions have often been when they were occasioned by the periodical subscriptions against fa mine in Ireland, where the landlord gets all that is to be got of a nominal high competition rent, while the tenant vibrates amongst the diet gradations, from potatoe and point down to seaweed. Well, the Destitution Committee undertook the direc tion of the charity--the voice of lamentation abated—in its stead arose the cry of political warfare, the general elec tion came, and the towns and counties of England, Scot land, and Ireland were at loggerheads about Whig and Tory representatives. The conjectures of partizan were soon brought to the test of facts. The ultimo Mule returns, by their remoteness, and in the case of Orkneys and Shetlands, where starvation had bean most rife, by the length of the electoral operation, afforded most room for speculation. Newspapers took a short cut. They calcu lated the landlords, and their calculation s were verified. A starving tenant is always a sure vote for his landlord. The proprietor reaped the double harvest of rent and votes out of the charitable relief. And now the season is come round again, The Shet landers are once more in starvation. Authenticated ac counts are before the public of the bitterest suffering. The following statement is from the minute of the Local Com mittee :—" The reports from every pati,h in Zetland show that the destitution is so extensive that the 516 bolls of meal expected from Aberdeen, cannot carry the starving part of the population through more than one fortnight, and if some means of obtaining extraneous aid for them be not obtained till the rising crops are available, there ap pears no human probability that the lives of those will be preserved who cannot subsist exclusively on gray-fish and shell-fish, while the supply even of these must depend on the state of the weather, and other circumstances over which man has no control." Is not this a f ear f u l state o f th i ngs, and that so soon after a generous effort has been . made ? Even this supply from Aberdeen, as we arc informed just afterwerds, "cannot sustain the destitute among whom the meal must be di vided, longer than a fortnight." After that, the prospect was of " nothing to mitigate the famine." And now comes the most extraordinary part of the story. It is so extraordinary that we must consider the statements made as not final till the parties implicated have had full opportunity for explanation. Of the money contribilted for the relief of this Northern starvation, a very considerable sum remains in the hands of the Destitution Committee. Money in hand, and the people perishing ! How is this ? We take the reply from a leading article in the Morning Chronicle of Tuesday last The Destitution Committee have given notice that it is intended by them to appropriate the money sub scribed by the public for the relief of the starving popula tion of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland to the en dowment of a Hospital, and the Promotion of Scriptural Education !" This is enough to make one exclaim with Tinton, " give me breath." The Shetlanders have applied, most earnestly and pressingly, to no purpose. In their des peration they are driving for a Treasury grant. They ask 1,000/, ; their cry is, " help us, or we perish ;" and the Destitution Committee looks on, wishing they may get it, and grasping hard its own thousands, " for the promotion of Scriptural Education." Hypocrisy is always offensive ; but there are many de grees of offensiveness before we come to the climax of un utterable disgust. There are people to be found, how ever, as it seems, who to ill help us to the top of the lad der. Where is the difference between asking for bread and gi, ing a stone, and asking for bread and giving a Bible ? )(CS, we big pardon, there is a difference. The first is simply inhumanity ; the last is inhumanity with a garnish of charitabl e and religious cant. The Bible must be a very different book from what we take it to be, if the Destitution Committee be not at least as lamentably destitute of a Scriptural education themselves as the most ignorant of the poor Shetlanders. Against a public grant now, as against a public subscrip tion formerly, we have not a syllable to say, provided the adininiitra t ion of temporary relief be combined with efficient attention to the permanent causes of these periodical visi tations. It will not do to lay the whole affair at the door of Providence. The seasons are regular enough. They have no dispositio n to refuse justice to Ireland or justice to Shetland. Everybody knows that every harvest is not to be reckoned upon as an abundant one. Failing crops are in the order of nature. But the landlords do not starve. Their sphere is above these vicissitudes. They perch on the top of the mountains, Scotch or Irish, and " Though round its breast the rolling clouds arc spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head." A more regular reflection of the sunshine below is : the want. They tell us that both are bound together in one interest. The people below find that to be all moonshine. It is as cold as the Scripture School project of the Desti tution Committee. The opponents of a poor law for Ire land have often told us to look to Scotland. So we do. We see the same thing in both countries. The misery of a helpless dependence upon the proprietary, and the absolute necessity of further legal protection for the la bouring- class against the legislating class. The famine should be mitigated; that is, practically, the first thing, though it be done by a loan from the public Treasury. The Destitutionists must be brought to book ; that is the second thing; and compelled by the power of opinion to postpone their pious purposes to the charitable ones of the con ributors. And then comes the third thing ; and that is for people to consider which side of the alternative they will take ; the alternative being either to wait for another famine, make another handsome subscription, set up the Scotch lairds in a fresh stock of rent and voters, and run the whole round of the old hum bug over again; or, to enforce on the Legislature the universal tight of man to food at the cheapest possible rate that the cost of its production will allow, whatever be comes of the present money worth of rent or tithe, taxes or monopolies. The following has just come to hand :—" Hiram Mudger, who has been recently convicted of horse stealing at Vermont. U.S.. is said to be so expert a practitioner in animal abduction, as to have performed the rare feat of seducing away a horse on which its mas ter was riding without his (the rider not the horse) having any notion of the matter. The report adds, that he walked fifty-feur miles at a sharp trot, and only then discovered his horseless condition on walking into a pond, to give, as he thought, his horse a drink, and finding himself up to his ears in the cool element" CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—The Hon. Secretary and the cflicers of the" Animals' Friend Society," of Mark-lane, last e eek caused Richard Spright to be fined at Gravesend by the Mayor ( Dichbourn, Esq.), and Mr. Bevan, for having beaten an ass till the blood came; and George Whitehead to be imprisoned for seven days, also for cruelty to an ass ;' and the Hon. Secretary caused the driver of the omnibus 2,490 to be fined by Alderman Lainson, for having worked a horse with nearly all the skin off its neck. NEW DISCOVERIES IN AFRICA.—The spirit of adventure and discovery, it appears, is as rife among our enterprising countrymen as ever it was. The most recent result of that spirit is on the point of being given to the world by Captain Alexander, who started from the Cape in AugustlS36, on an expedition of discovery;in the interior of Southern Africa, where, in less than twelve months, he traversed no Ins this focr thousand miles of country which had never before been visited by any Eul opean. The detailed results of such a Journey cannot tail to excite the strongest interest and curiosity, especially as thojour. ney was made under the express auspices of the British Government and the Royal Geographical Society. The 7 e Duchess of Orleans :—ln a conversation 'mPs attributes thteionfoaclltTeviii‘:,guer7es"beftooretthlsee Coronation of the Queen of England, the subject was introduced of the brilliant effect that would I be pro Wsplendideed by the uniforms of th e ' t uric than un a i fo those— t he the Duchess c o s s n e o of Mar. ' N ' otlritah t e se rn ill Courts.produe produce a " T greater here eiffs e Vaudois states that last year a shat Souit ." The event has justified her Royal Highness's prediction. rsialplp'eealirieSdinear St. Maurice, in the Valais, and this year a The hild 2V d similar event having also occurred, no trace of the children could be been for some time observed in the neighbour f)o.ouunndgecieert a shoe and stocking of the one last lost; and the opinion prevailed that some wild beast had destroyed them. Two eagles of enor hoed, and it was determined to watch them to find, if possible, their nest, ‘ b .c e r t , hat of the golden e The old birds were s Aer long search it was discovered a few "e agle.ince among some lofty and e h ib a u d , , ,d ho t w o e but at the bottom of the nest, and on the rocks near away at the time, and two fine eaglets, standing two feet hi g h , were rook iu , h e t f t r l o re m b i l t anched bones and remains of the dresses V of the two poor children broug al ov e alluded to. --- - GOVERNMENT STEAM-VESSELS.—An impor tant change has been (greeted in the service, in reference to engineers on board her Majesty's steam. vessels. By an Order in Council, dated the 15th ultimo, engineers are in future to be placed on the footing of warrant officers, and to take rank after carpenters.—GreenwicA Ad valuer. ..,------------ W, tqk ~,,,,."W\IPC ...(0% .4.Th''' t:l6l'' `"?'M (?". ,-Aq.- ."...-- (_..,,, --- g.- .i,'r--,,=,..:k0,) i. 0,. 4.. i pi. 9- As2-tt_e.----- ,‘.:z.t-ft_,--, •_..j.....",_„..d.,..---,..—.,,„ - , 4771' 4:22C WITH WHICH TILE ~ TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. I na t , CA the ti ✓ pOr cieSt bar lairl i , of f 1 0" ,ceic 4